The aim of the present paper is to reconcile a philosophical reflection on the role of the family as a communitarian entity in the business environment based on the individualistic principle and practical research aimed at identifying young people’s attitudes towards their involvement in family business. Respondents of the research were students of the final years of secondary schools, tertiary professional schools and vocational schools in the Liberec Region. The family is treated from the ethical point of view as well as in terms of political and economic philosophy as a suitable environment to shape economic attitudes in young people that are not restricted to a merely ‘economist’ form of rationality and as able to play an important part in a properly working state economy. The practical research shows that a young person’s intention to work in the family business depends on whether they are involved in it already during their studies.
The article is based on research which was focused on students in their last year of studies at secondary vocational schools, high schools, vocational colleges, and, subsequently, at public universities in the Liberec Region. The author's doctoral thesis deals with the complex decision-making process of young people leading to taking over the family business [1]. Based on the results of the analysis, a basic scheme of participation of young people in family business in the Liberec Region was created. The factors that influence the individual stages of the decision-making process are identified and summarized, taking into account the type of municipality in which the family business is run. It also considers the type of family business, i.e. whether it is a Family Business Corporation or Family Business of Natural Persons.
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